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now, of course is a red line for nato and the u.s. and even russia is concerned about this, saying if you use chemical weapons, then the international community will have to respond. already 40,000 dead in syria. >> in iran, they have apparently captured another of our drones. >> they claim they brought down a scan eekle on the ground the zone. it's a small surveillance drone generally used to watch their own ships not an armed drone. if iran brought it down, the u.s. will see that as an aggressive action. last month they tried to shoot one down in the same place. ayear ago iran claimed to have brought down a more technical drone. >> cenk: that is three different instances of at least firing or capturing one of our drones. the last time the americans said no absolutely not, one of our drones just happened to get lost. later, they said yeah, ok, that was our drone. by the way we want it back from iran. we're just flying an illegal drone over your air space would you give i did back to us. iran said no. take a look at this map. look at
now, of course is a red line for nato and the u.s. and even russia is concerned about this, saying if you use chemical weapons, then the international community will have to respond. already 40,000 dead in syria. >> in iran, they have apparently captured another of our drones. >> they claim they brought down a scan eekle on the ground the zone. it's a small surveillance drone generally used to watch their own ships not an armed drone. if iran brought it down, the u.s. will see that...
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. >> 300 protesters took to the street just on the outskirts of kabul, five kilometers to the u.s. embassy. they turned on police and attackic 15 officers. they were injured including the commander. they let two police cars on fire. >> cenk: meanwhile "newsweek" has a cover story with "muslim rage" on it and it shows a couple of muslims in a rage. is that the right thing to do or the wrong thing to do? when you look at the examples of the quotes you can understand why they did that cover. this is the muslim radical cleric in pakistan. he said the production crew of the film must be hanged to set an example. pakistani protesters chant o obama, we are all osama. and blasphemy is not freedom of expression and its sentence is death. that makes me want to somety. blasphemy is death. how cowardly are you that you can't even defend your ideas. the muslim men and women who support the idea that blasphemy blasphemiers deserve punishment. it's one thing to say it's all muslim. she's someone who stopped being muslim, as i did by the way and who is now atheist and i understand her point of vie
. >> 300 protesters took to the street just on the outskirts of kabul, five kilometers to the u.s. embassy. they turned on police and attackic 15 officers. they were injured including the commander. they let two police cars on fire. >> cenk: meanwhile "newsweek" has a cover story with "muslim rage" on it and it shows a couple of muslims in a rage. is that the right thing to do or the wrong thing to do? when you look at the examples of the quotes you can...
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by the way we also do drone strikes on u.s. citizens. i know it's uncomfortable but it's true. no due process. we've executed three american citizens abroad without a trial. that is outrageous. that is a dumb drone strike. john brennan: >> in other words oh, civilian, almost never. really? n.y.u. and stanford did a study and found that in fact 884 civilians have been killed, just in northwest pakistan alone, including 176 children. this doesn't help the united states of america. it hurts our cause. now, the researchers went on the record and talked about what they found out some amazing things. let's go to the first clip. >> one of the things we found is there are entire communities who live in areas where drones are flying overhead 24 hours a day seven days a week at times. and these people don't know when those drones will strike. they don't know who they will strike. the result is symptoms of psychological disorder, of trauma of severe anxiety and of dysfunction at. we heard stories of people who won't leave their houses. >> how would you feel if there was a drone over your
by the way we also do drone strikes on u.s. citizens. i know it's uncomfortable but it's true. no due process. we've executed three american citizens abroad without a trial. that is outrageous. that is a dumb drone strike. john brennan: >> in other words oh, civilian, almost never. really? n.y.u. and stanford did a study and found that in fact 884 civilians have been killed, just in northwest pakistan alone, including 176 children. this doesn't help the united states of america. it hurts...
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. >> reporter: u.s. official say remote controlled drones are highly accurate. >> for the past year there hasn't been a single collateral death. >> what a crock. it's not even close to true, and he had to back pedal from that. the left over from the bush administration who was also renowned for torture. president obama was doing q&a on google and he also tried to play this down. >> drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties. they have been very precise precision strikes against al-qaeda and their affiliates. and we are very careful in terms of how it has been applied. >> i don't believe the president is correct in saying that, and i'm being very kind by phrasing it that. independent journalists say there have been a number of civilian casualties. in these countries we often do signature strikes which means we don't even know who we are bombing. those are called personality strike. signature strike is, i don't know, it looks like they are doing something wrong down there. this is a horrib
. >> reporter: u.s. official say remote controlled drones are highly accurate. >> for the past year there hasn't been a single collateral death. >> what a crock. it's not even close to true, and he had to back pedal from that. the left over from the bush administration who was also renowned for torture. president obama was doing q&a on google and he also tried to play this down. >> drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties. they have been very...
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i've done quite a bit of work on death sentence in the u.s. before that time. when i started looking even i was amazed by how many inconsistencies, actual unconstitutional behavior by the prosecution team. yet here is reggie clemens, 19 years later still sitting on death row still facing possible execution. >> cenk: so it's one thing to say, hey let him go because of the inconsistencies, and you would have to have an appeal and all that. now he did not confess to murder. he confessed to rape after being beat by the cops. they took him to the hospital right after the court proceedings. that's how badly he was beaten by the cops. it's another thing to say i'm so sure this guy did it that i'm going execute him. and why the discrepancy of how he was treated and charles cummins was treated. >> you put your finger on the button. this is not the innocence of roger clemens, innocent or guilty. that's nowhere we saying, we're looking at the death sentence in theand is it full proof that we can take another person's life. when we looked at that question, it was riddled b
i've done quite a bit of work on death sentence in the u.s. before that time. when i started looking even i was amazed by how many inconsistencies, actual unconstitutional behavior by the prosecution team. yet here is reggie clemens, 19 years later still sitting on death row still facing possible execution. >> cenk: so it's one thing to say, hey let him go because of the inconsistencies, and you would have to have an appeal and all that. now he did not confess to murder. he confessed to...
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this is how pathetic he was last night. >> well, u.s. forces did -- horses were ridden by our troops in afghanistan. number one. and number two marines still use bayonets. so maybe somebody at the white house ought to educate the president on how our military actually works. >> cenk: that's the best you got? we're still using horse and bayonets. yeah. that's why that 1917 point about the navy -- [whining] speaking of crying, they'll do a lot of crying on fox news. we're going to pretend that romney won but most aren't even going to pretend. they're going to say -- we kind of lost. watch. >> how do you determine who won -- i hate to use such an expression. >> president obama won the debate? >> no. nobody won. >> could people at home see mitt romney as a president and i think in all three debates, they could. >> frenetic, desperate the president feeling behind tonight and going on the attack. even at times petulant and childish compared to a sober relaxed, confident mitt romney. >> by a narrow margin, narrower than the second debate, peopl
this is how pathetic he was last night. >> well, u.s. forces did -- horses were ridden by our troops in afghanistan. number one. and number two marines still use bayonets. so maybe somebody at the white house ought to educate the president on how our military actually works. >> cenk: that's the best you got? we're still using horse and bayonets. yeah. that's why that 1917 point about the navy -- [whining] speaking of crying, they'll do a lot of crying on fox news. we're going to...
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ica at the hands of about 1,000 u.s. workers in hamtramck michigan. although it is a green product it doesn't get any more red white and blue than that. thanks everybody for joining us here in "the wararararararararararararararararararararararararararararar >> welcome to the "young turks." one of ma'am's top add advises confirms what i've been saying all along. >> i think what we need to do and president does is let's go for the big deal. >> what he will do is sign a grand bargain where they will cut social security, cut medicare cut programs for the poor. >> but will they actually cut taxes on the rich? not raise them, cut them. they wouldn't do that, will they? you are about to find out. >> republican goes after susan rice. >> absolutely it was wrong. >> here's what i can tell you. the american people got bad information on 15 september. >> some surprising opinions on that. stay right here for that, as well. then a movie about how we got bin laden but did they get classified information? that's a new controversy. >> you think you know the story but
ica at the hands of about 1,000 u.s. workers in hamtramck michigan. although it is a green product it doesn't get any more red white and blue than that. thanks everybody for joining us here in "the wararararararararararararararararararararararararararararar >> welcome to the "young turks." one of ma'am's top add advises confirms what i've been saying all along. >> i think what we need to do and president does is let's go for the big deal. >> what he will do is...
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fact did pass information on to wikileaks, some of it, not necessarily all of it, and so today, the u.s. government came into court and said we're not going to accept the -- we will not support this conditional plea. i think, you know, to get to sort of what you're trying to grapple with, here's bradley manning accepting what he's guilty for these crimes. he hasn't even gone to trial yet. i guess that would be an issue. what's important for people to know is that he is accepting the violation as a military code of justice, not the political offense, like the espionage act or computer crimes charges that he's facing. this in a way i think could be a strategy on the part of the defense to maneuver and maybe break it apart. >> cenk: that's interesting. even if you break it apart the prosecution still can pursue the big are charges right? i'm not sure i see the upside of unilaterally giving a plea where you admit to even the lesser charges. >> yeah, and i think you have a valid can certain. i have that concern myself as somebody who has been following this all along. the question is what ca
fact did pass information on to wikileaks, some of it, not necessarily all of it, and so today, the u.s. government came into court and said we're not going to accept the -- we will not support this conditional plea. i think, you know, to get to sort of what you're trying to grapple with, here's bradley manning accepting what he's guilty for these crimes. he hasn't even gone to trial yet. i guess that would be an issue. what's important for people to know is that he is accepting the violation...